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advantage

1

to play a central role; to take a leading part

1

high (government) official

2

motive power; driving force

6

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

10

points and lines

2

underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause

1

person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

2

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

2

husband and wife; married couple

2

recompense; indemnity; atonement

4

emotional; sentimental

2

to be similar to

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to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge

7

discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

6

burlesque; low comedy; farce

1

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

4

to break down crying

2

empty; vacant; hollow

7

to give an order

2

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

1

clear; distinct

2

check; restraint; oppression; suppression

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

4

origin; beginning; source; rise

2

low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)

10

Felidae (family comprising the cats)

4

claws and fangs; claws and tusks; clutches; devious design; pawn; stooge

1

representative; exemplary; model

1

on the chopping board

2

to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess

1

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat

1

cat (Felis catus); domestic cat; house cat; indoor cat

1

cerebrum

1

development; growth

1

wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains

2

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

1

common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); chimpanzee; chimp

1

hierarchy

1

new era; new period; new age; new epoch

2

general classification; broad categorization

2

reason

2

to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

4

design concept; design philosophy; basic ideas behind a design

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

10

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

1

to stay (at); to stop (at)

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